BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES

Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Barbara Barnes, Susannah Falk Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer

This course discusses a wide range of works by Black women: novels, memoirs, essays, poetry, music, and art.

This Semester, classes on Ella Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison, Stacey Abrams, Maya Angelou, Sweet Honey on the Rock, and Frances Harper were presented. We look forward to continuing our exploration of major themes in the history and lives of Black women.

B WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Black Women's Voices, Spring 2023
Date	Presenter	Title
Feb 14	Ze'eva Cohen	Black Women in Dance
Feb 28	Ilene Winkler	Octavia Butler
Mar 14	Richard Byrd	Queen Mother Moore, Legendary New York Activist
Mar 28	Barbara Barnes	Canceling Cancel Culture
Apr 18	Susan Falk Lewis	Zora Neale Hurston
May 02	Donna Ramer	Black Women Journalists
May 16	Penelope Pi-Sunyer	Black Women Composers in Classical Music

Other Classes:

THEATER TALKBACK
FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
ELIZABETH GASKELL
WEEK IN PARIS
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
SYMPOSIUM
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
AGING
FASCINATING ISLANDS
THE NOBEL PRIZES
READING EDITH WHARTON
WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
THE NEAR EAST
HISTORY OF GERMANY
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
INDIE FILMS
INDIE FILMS
SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
READING THE RABBIS
RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
MYTHOLOGY
LITERARY HEROINES
HOWARDS END
HOUSE OF MIRTH
FABULOUS FIFTIES
READING BLACK LIVES
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
MOZART’S WOMEN
ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
AFRICAN CONTINENT
PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
ACTING CLASS
LAW & ORDER
POINT OF VIEW
MODERN OPERA
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY

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